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With TPP signed, 2-year ratification process is up next

Singapore's Trade and Industry Minister (Trade) Lim Hng Kiang (third from right) at the signing ceremony of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade deal in Auckland on Thursday. He inked the pact with trade ministers from the 11 other TPP member countries.

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AFTER five long years of tough negotiations and several missed deadlines, Singapore and 11 other Pacific-Rim nations finally put pen to paper on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a big step towards establishing what will be the biggest trade deal in history.